You want to catch your favorite team's next game, but your usual sources for tickets are all out. Instead of trying to search through hundreds of other ticket broker Web sites, log into TicketStumbler.com and let them do the work for you.
TicketStumbler.com is a "ticket market search and comparison Web site" that helps users find and buy tickets to events. Fans can search by keyword, location, league or date and find tickets being sold by a plethora of sources, including StubHub, TicketNetwork and RazorGator, among others, with which the site already has partnership deals.
"A lot of times I wanted tickets to sold-out events," TicketStumbler co-founder Dan Haubert, a former financial analyst, told TicketNews. "But, it was difficult because there were so many different Web sites to look through."
While the site is free to use, the company charges an affiliate commission fee of between 6 percent and 16 percent that equates to a percentage of the gross ticket sale. Haubert said he hopes the site will have 10 million ticket listings within the first year.
Fans can set the maximum amount they would like to spend using a sliding scale in the left column of a ticket page, and also set the quantity of tickets for which they want to purchase. They can even view a map of the stadium to determine where the seats are located.
The creators launched the site with a $15,000 infusion of seed money from Y Combinator, a venture firm that offers small amounts of capital for tech companies at the startup stage.
Plans call for the addition of personalized user pages, directions to stadiums and concert ticket listings, Haubert said, adding that the site geo-targets users current location to offer listings for events in their area.
"We know how competitive this is," Haubert said. "We want to focus on having listings for actual tickets, because the quality of the listings is what's important."
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I saw the TechCrunch article on these guys that mentioned there chief competitor as www.tickex.com and I think their are a few other sites like them. Its great for the consumer but what happens to all the brokers and exchanges margins if they hit a critical mass? Does everyones margins shrink?
maybe on non-sold out games, but definitely not for sold out games.
Yes, that's the point. Inefficiency in the ticket market is a problem way overdue to be fixed. Keep it up TicketStumbler!
FYI we soft launched concerts (search only) yesterday:
http://ticketstumbler.com/
http://ticketstumbler.com/new-stuff/2008/10/18/oh-the-horror-and-new-tic...
How is this different from http://www.ticketwood.com I think they are the leaders in this sold out tickets market?
I love how you guys keep posting the same exact comment anywhere TicketStumbler or TickEx is mentioned. Maybe instead you should focus on a good product bush leaguers.
Hi Ticketwood sock puppet person, it's your pal Dan from TicketStumbler. I noticed that Ticketwood has spammed at least five other TicketStumbler articles with the exact same comment. Are you guys really this desperate for visitors and attention? How much do spam commenters cost anyways? Love always, your friends at T-Stumbler.